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2001–02 Charlotte Hornets season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Charlotte Hornets
end_year	2002
wins	44
losses	38
division	Central
division_place	2
conf_place	4
coach	Paul Silas
gm	Bob Bass
owner	George Shinn Ray Wooldridge
arena	Charlotte Coliseum
playoffs	[Conference semifinals](2002-nba-playoffs-bracket)
(lost to [Nets](2001-02-new-jersey-nets-season) 1–4)
bbr_team	CHH
television	WJZY
radio	WBT
next_name	Charlotte Bobcats
next_season	2005

(lost to Nets 1–4)

The 2001–02 Charlotte Hornets season was the 14th, and final season for the original Charlotte Hornets in the National Basketball Association. During the off-season, the Hornets acquired George Lynch and Robert Traylor from the Philadelphia 76ers in a three-team trade, and signed free agents Stacey Augmon, Bryce Drew and three-point specialist Matt Bullard.

The Hornets struggled playing around .500 in winning percentage in the first half of the regular season, holding a 23–25 record at the All-Star break. Jamal Mashburn only played just 40 games due to a lower abdominal strain, and was replaced with second-year forward Lee Nailon as the team's starting small forward. Despite losing Mashburn, the Hornets posted a 7-game winning streak in March, and finished in second place in the Central Division with a 44–38 record, earning the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference, and qualifying for their seventh NBA playoff appearance.

Mashburn averaged 21.5 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, while Baron Davis continued to show improvement, averaging 18.1 points, 8.5 assists and 2.1 steals per game, and leading the Hornets with 170 three-point field goals, and David Wesley provided the team with 14.2 points and 3.5 assists per game. In addition, Elden Campbell contributed 13.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game, while Nailon provided with 10.8 points per game, and P.J. Brown averaged 8.4 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. Off the bench, second-year center Jamaal Magloire averaged 8.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, while Augmon contributed 4.6 points per game, and Lynch provided with 3.8 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Davis was selected for the 2002 NBA All-Star Game, as a member of the Eastern Conference All-Star team; it was his first ever All-Star appearance. Meanwhile, Nailon was selected for the NBA Rookie Challenge Game, as a member of the Sophomores team.

In the Eastern Conference First Round of the 2002 NBA playoffs, the Hornets faced off against the 5th–seeded Orlando Magic, who were led by All-Star guard Tracy McGrady, second-year star Mike Miller, and Darrell Armstrong. Despite both teams finishing with the same regular-season record, the Hornets had home-court advantage in the series. The Hornets won Game 1 over the Magic at home, 80–79 at the Charlotte Coliseum, despite losing Mashburn to injury for the remainder of the playoffs, but then lost Game 2 at home in overtime, 111–103 as the Magic evened the series. The Hornets managed to win the next two games on the road, which included a Game 4 win over the Magic at the TD Waterhouse Centre, 102–85 to win the series in four games.

In the Eastern Conference Semi-finals, the team faced off against the top–seeded, and Atlantic Division champion New Jersey Nets, who were led by the trio of All-Star guard Jason Kidd, second-year star Kenyon Martin, and Keith Van Horn. The Nets took a 2–0 series lead, but the Hornets managed to win Game 3 at the Charlotte Coliseum, 115–97. However, the Hornets lost the next two games, including a Game 5 road loss to the Nets at the Continental Airlines Arena, 103–95, thus losing the series in five games. The Nets would reach the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, but would lose to the 2-time defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in a four-game sweep in the 2002 NBA Finals. Following the season, Nailon and Bullard were both released to free agency.

This was also the team's final season in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the Hornets relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana, and became the New Orleans Hornets next season; other city candidates for the team's relocation included Louisville, Kentucky, Norfolk, Virginia, St. Louis, Missouri and Anaheim, California. The Hornets' home-game attendance continued to decrease as the team finished last in the NBA, with an attendance of 462,738 at the Charlotte Coliseum during the regular season, which was 29th in the league; the team also posted a better 23–18 road record than their 21–20 record at home. The Hornets' low attendance was a stark contrast to their earlier years in Charlotte, where they led the league in home-game attendance eight times in the franchise's first nine seasons in the NBA (their 1988–89 inaugural season, and the 1990–91 to 1996–97 seasons).

The city of Charlotte would return to the NBA two seasons later with the expansion Charlotte Bobcats, who began play in the 2004–05 season; that franchise changed its name to the "Hornets" in 2014 after the original franchise renamed itself the "Pelicans", and also reclaimed the original Hornets' history from 1988 to 2002. As a result, the Hornets are now reckoned as having suspended operations after this season before returning as the Bobcats in 2004.

Offseason

NBA draft

Main article: 2001 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	16	Kirk Haston	PF	United States	Indiana

Roster

Paul Silas
Jeff Bower
Bob Donewald Jr.
Brian Hill
Stephen Silas
Terry Kofler (trainer)

Regular season

Season standings

:z – clinched division title :y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

1–4

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	PG	82	82	3,318	349	698	172	47	1,484	40.5	4.3	8.5	2.1	.6	18.1
	C	82	8	1,549	461	31	27	86	699	18.9	5.6	.4	.3	1.0	8.5
	C	80	80	2,563	786	107	59	78	669	32.0	9.8	1.3	.7	1.0	8.4
	SF	79	41	1,912	291	94	59	17	851	24.2	3.7	1.2	.7	.2	10.8
	PF	77	74	2,156	530	102	60	137	1,074	28.0	6.9	1.3	.8	1.8	13.9
	SG	77	3	1,319	225	103	56	12	357	17.1	2.9	1.3	.7	.2	4.6
	SG	67	63	2,487	143	236	74	15	951	37.1	2.1	3.5	1.1	.2	14.2
	PF	61	1	678	187	37	24	37	228	11.1	3.1	.6	.4	.6	3.7
	PG	61	0	774	72	101	32	2	210	12.7	1.2	1.7	.5	.0	3.4
	SF	45	18	893	186	54	40	14	172	19.8	4.1	1.2	.9	.3	3.8
	SF	40	40	1,601	242	171	45	6	858	40.0	6.1	4.3	1.1	.2	21.5
	PF	31	0	350	47	16	2	2	105	11.3	1.5	.5	.1	.1	3.4
	PF	15	0	77	20	5	0	1	26	5.1	1.3	.3	.0	.1	1.7
	C	15	0	76	25	4	3	2	16	5.1	1.7	.3	.2	.1	1.1
†	SG	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0

† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Hornets only.

Playoffs

POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
PG	9	9	401	63	71	32	5	203	44.6	7.0	7.9	3.6	.6	22.6
SG	9	9	377	17	31	10	2	142	41.9	1.9	3.4	1.1	.2	15.8
C	9	9	331	86	14	6	12	92	36.8	9.6	1.6	.7	1.3	10.2
PF	9	9	254	60	16	6	23	122	28.2	6.7	1.8	.7	2.6	13.6
SF	9	7	286	76	14	10	6	69	31.8	8.4	1.6	1.1	.7	7.7
SF	9	1	160	24	6	3	0	69	17.8	2.7	.7	.3	.0	7.7
SG	9	0	152	27	13	10	1	48	16.9	3.0	1.4	1.1	.1	5.3
C	8	0	168	45	5	0	15	98	21.0	5.6	.6	.0	1.9	12.3
PF	8	0	62	16	3	2	2	18	7.8	2.0	.4	.3	.3	2.3
PG	2	0	5	0	2	0	0	2	2.5	.0	1.0	.0	.0	1.0
PF	2	0	4	1	0	1	0	2	2.0	.5	.0	.5	.0	1.0
SF	1	1	10	1	1	0	0	0	10.0	1.0	1.0	.0	.0	.0

Transactions

June 14, 2001

Traded a 2001 2nd round draft pick (Sean Lampley was later selected) to the Chicago Bulls for Roberto Dueñas.

July 24, 2001

Signed Bryce Drew as a free agent.

July 25, 2001

Signed Stacey Augmon as a free agent.

August 13, 2001

Signed Matt Bullard as a free agent.

October 25, 2001

As part of a 3-team trade, the Charlotte Hornets traded Derrick Coleman to the Philadelphia 76ers; the Charlotte Hornets traded cash to the Golden State Warriors; the Golden State Warriors traded Chris Porter to the Charlotte Hornets; the Golden State Warriors traded Corie Blount and Vonteego Cummings to the Philadelphia 76ers; the Philadelphia 76ers traded George Lynch, Jérôme Moïso and Robert Traylor to the Charlotte Hornets; and the Philadelphia 76ers traded Cedric Henderson and a 2005 1st round draft pick (Joey Graham was later selected) to the Golden State Warriors.

October 26, 2001

Waived Chris Porter.

October 29, 2001

Waived Tim James.

November 19, 2001

Waived Eldridge Recasner.

Player Transactions Citation:

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